Kobe’s pitch to Dwight: I can teach you to be a champion

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Details are emerging of Kobe Bryant’s pitch to Dwight Howard on Tuesday, and it sounds a bit more “in-your-face” than the approach the Rockets took with Hakeem Olajuwon, Clyde Drexler, James Harden, et al.

As Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo Sports! describes from witnesses in the room with Bryant and Howard, Kobe challenged Dwight to be a winner.

“You need to learn how it’s done first, and I can teach you here … You have to learn how it’s done. I know how to do it and I’ve learned from the best – players who have won multiple times over and over. … Instead of trying to do things your way, just listen and learn and tweak it, so it fits you.”

It sure sounds like tough love from Bryant, who has won five titles with the Lakers.

We’ll see how that plays for Howard, who also heard pitches from the Mavericks, Hawks and Warriors.